Citation

MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 1992; 41(19): 335, 341-2.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, (in public domain), Publisher U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1579127

Abstract

In the United States, an estimated 30 million persons ride horses each year. Total injury-related morbidity and mortality associated with horseback riding in the United States is unknown; however, during 1976-1987, 205 such fatalities occurred in 27 states. Even though alcohol use is a risk behavior for many types of injury, its role in horseback-riding-associated deaths has not yet been established. This report summarizes a study by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) to characterize all horseback-riding-associated deaths during 1979-1989 and to determine what proportion of riders had used alcohol before death.